An article in Family Practice management this month provides us with what feels like a blueprint for the future of primary care in the USA
Here is the reference: https://www.aafp.org/pubs/fpm/issues/2024/0700/addressing-social-needs.html
You will notice that the article is about a primary care practice model that addresses the Social Determinants of Health [SDOH].
The last paragraph in the article hints at the true value of this business model. The heading reads:
THE OPPOSITE OF BURNOUT
Working in this new, hybrid system allows the doctors to reclaim their primary role in patient care and reconnect with meaning and purpose in their practice of Medicine.
